Pneumatic tire.



S. E. FEIGE. vPNEUMMIG TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1912.

1,086,447. Pateiited Feb.1o,1914.

Ywhich the following is a UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

STERLING E. FEIG-E, OF AKRON, OHIO.

PNEUMATIC TIRE.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known t-hat I, STERLING E. FEIGE, a citizen. of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Pneumaticl Tires, of

specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pneumatic tires, and more particularly to improvements in tire casings or sheaths.

A still further object is to improve the form and construction of the -base or heel portions of the tire casing, and more particularly the reinforcement of the vheel members of the tire casing whereby to form an unst-retchable tire base, particularly of the non-clencher type, adapted to be readily mounted upon and adjusted to fit any standard rim, and when so adjusted, adapted to be securely held in proper position at all times and to prevent creeping whether in an inflated or non-inflated condition.

With the above mentioned and other .ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, hereinafter described, 'illustrated in some of its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l, is a perspective view of a section of a tire casing constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2, a perspective view of a section of one of the reinforcing band and tie members for reinforcing the base or heel portions of the tire casing. Fig. 3, a perspective View of a section of the heel portion of a tire and illustrating a means for adjusting the same.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all the gures of the' drawings.

The improved tire casing 1, may be of any suitable and convenient form, as for example of substantially heart-shape in cross section as shown, forming lobe-shaped members la, near the outer periphery of the casing, and having a depressed circumferentially extending portion lc, adapted to receive and contain a circumferent-ially extending tread ring or member 2, between the lobes la, and normally extending'beyond the planes of the latter' when the tire is fully or properly in- Hated.

Specicati-ony of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 3,

` l If desired, the tread able 'Patented Feb. 10, 1914. 1912.` serial No. 688,188.

portions of the tire casing may be reinforcedlby mea'ns of suitreinforcing elements or members 3, such as rings or strands of suitable nonstretchable material as indicated, said reinforcing elements or members 3, being preferably located at the base of the tread portion 2 and within the depressed circumferentially extending portion l, of the tire casing as shown.

The tire casing may be constructed and reinforced as above described, or in some Aother suitable and convenient manner, and if of the non-clencher type, as shown, is preferably provided with a plurality of circumferentially extending strands le, of nonstretchable material, such as piano Wire, or the like, said strands le, being preferably arranged as shown in Fig. l.A of the drawlngs, and for the purposes hereinafter de-I scribed.

As a means for reinforcing the base or heel members l, as well as providing means for holding the iat supporting portions 1f, thereof in non-creeping and non-rotative contact with the subjacent rim, as well as providing means for adjusting said heel members to meet slight variations in various forms of rims, reinforcing band ring members 4, are horizontally disposed within the heel members, and in the present instance, in substantially parallel relation to the flat supporting portions lf thereof, said reinforcing bands 4, being adapted .to maintain the flat portions of the heel members in substantially uniform contact with the subjacent rim and especially as against any lateral or tilting movement of the same with respect to any lateral stresses or the inclination of the heel members to become unseated.

As a means for further reinforcing the reinforcing bands 4, as well as providing means for adjusting and holding the nonstretchable base members 1d, in adjusted'position, reinforcing ring orV tie members 5, are provided, said ring members 5, being disposed above the reinforcing band members suitable and convenient manner, as for eX- ample, by means of adjacent threaded ends 5a, connected by a threaded sleeve or turn buckle said turn buckle being adapted to be operated by a suitable implement which may be inserted in openings 5, a suitable and being arranged to be adjusted in some recess or slit 6, as shown in Fig. 3, being i .bodiments of my invention, what I claim and adapted to a'ord access to the turn buckle 5, in operating the latter.

The reinforcing bands 4, may be provided with a grooved or channeled portion 5d, to receive and form a seat' for the superposed ring or tie members.

The heel members 1d, are preferably further reinforced by means of horizontally disposed strands of non-stretchablewire 7 above and in substantially parallel relation to t-he subjacent reinforcing band members 4, the strands le, above, being arranged in curved form, the entire arrangement of reinforcements being adapted to securely hold the heel members 1d, in proper relation to the rim members as Wellv as the securing rings at the sides thereof.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection With the accompanying drawings, the operation and advantages-'bf my invention will be readily understood.

Having thus described some of the-ern?V desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

1. A tirecasing provided with heel members having flat base portions, channeledY reinforcing bands mounted in said heel members above'and parallel with said base portions, and reinforcing tie ring membersseated in the channeled portions of said rein forcing bands. Y

2. A tire Vcasing provided with non'- clencher heel members, metallic bands mounted in said heel members and provided With channeled median portions, and reinforcing Wire rings seated in said channeled median portions.

ln testimony whereof I have aixed my i signature in presence of two witnesses.

STERLNG E. FEIGE.

Witnesses f SAMUEL FRIEDMAN, WALTER R. TALBOT. 

